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                    [Title] => Responsable sa North Rail fiasco pinadidiin
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Dapat habulin ng gobyerno ang mga responsable sa palpak na North Rail project kung saan umabot na sa $180 milyon ang nagastos ng gobyerno bukod pa sa $50 milyong utang na hindi pa nababayaran o kabuuang $9 bilyon.

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Two key senators expressed disgust over DOTC’s seeming lack of interest in developing the country’s rail network.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1275722 [Title] => Pinoys on bullet train plan: Improve MRT, LRT first [Summary] =>

Some Filipino netizens want the government to improve and maintain existing projects first before pushing through with plans to construct a rapid train system.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-06 12:49:32 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/604/m66l.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1005101 [Title] => MRT 3: Another ZTE-type deal? [Summary] =>

Was the supposedly transparent bidding for the supply of new MRT 3 train cars geared for a Chinese manufacturer? Will this be another ZTE deal in the making?

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The Philippines has identified its arbitrator for the botched North Railway project initiated by the Arroyo administration in 2004 but which was stopped due to alleged anomalies.

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The Philippine government is finalizing its legal team that would bring the arbitration case with the Chinese government on the botched $500 million North Rail project that was supposed to put up a high speed train to the Clark International Airport in Pampanga from Manila.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 857482 [Title] => Non-payment of North Rail loan to affect Phl credit status - Purisima [Summary] =>

The loan agreement for the controversial North Luzon Railways Corp. (North Rail) project is a separate and distinct arrangement from the supply contract and that the Department of Finance is committed to honor the loan deal, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima told The STAR yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 856199 [Title] => Angara: Gov't can't start new bidding for North Rail [Summary] =>

The government may have to postpone plans to rebid the North Rail project until the international arbitration proceedings with China on the aborted $500-million project are resolved with finality, Sen. Edgardo Angara said yesterday.      

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 855385 [Title] => Tit for tat with China? [Summary] =>

When China suddenly made it extremely difficult for our bananas to enter the country and encouraged tourists with confirmed reservations to forego the trip to the Philippines, many felt helpless and quite mad about how we are being bullied by hitting us where it hurts…

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 855488 [Title] => Phl won't pay China yet for North Rail [Summary] =>

The government is not about to pay even a portion of the $500-million loan from China, which the Arroyo administration obtained for the aborted scandal-ridden North Rail project.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
NORTH RAIL
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                    [Title] => Responsable sa North Rail fiasco pinadidiin
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Dapat habulin ng gobyerno ang mga responsable sa palpak na North Rail project kung saan umabot na sa $180 milyon ang nagastos ng gobyerno bukod pa sa $50 milyong utang na hindi pa nababayaran o kabuuang $9 bilyon.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097275 [AuthorName] => Malou Escudero [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/pilipino-star-ngayon/bansa/20140822/North-Rail-fiasco-5.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1320932 [Title] => Senators unhappy with DOTC [Summary] =>

Two key senators expressed disgust over DOTC’s seeming lack of interest in developing the country’s rail network.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1275722 [Title] => Pinoys on bullet train plan: Improve MRT, LRT first [Summary] =>

Some Filipino netizens want the government to improve and maintain existing projects first before pushing through with plans to construct a rapid train system.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-06 12:49:32 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/604/m66l.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1005101 [Title] => MRT 3: Another ZTE-type deal? [Summary] =>

Was the supposedly transparent bidding for the supply of new MRT 3 train cars geared for a Chinese manufacturer? Will this be another ZTE deal in the making?

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 863998 [Title] => North Rail case goes to HK [Summary] =>

The Philippines has identified its arbitrator for the botched North Railway project initiated by the Arroyo administration in 2004 but which was stopped due to alleged anomalies.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 860936 [Title] => Phl forming legal team for North Rail arbitration [Summary] =>

The Philippine government is finalizing its legal team that would bring the arbitration case with the Chinese government on the botched $500 million North Rail project that was supposed to put up a high speed train to the Clark International Airport in Pampanga from Manila.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 857482 [Title] => Non-payment of North Rail loan to affect Phl credit status - Purisima [Summary] =>

The loan agreement for the controversial North Luzon Railways Corp. (North Rail) project is a separate and distinct arrangement from the supply contract and that the Department of Finance is committed to honor the loan deal, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima told The STAR yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 856199 [Title] => Angara: Gov't can't start new bidding for North Rail [Summary] =>

The government may have to postpone plans to rebid the North Rail project until the international arbitration proceedings with China on the aborted $500-million project are resolved with finality, Sen. Edgardo Angara said yesterday.      

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 855385 [Title] => Tit for tat with China? [Summary] =>

When China suddenly made it extremely difficult for our bananas to enter the country and encouraged tourists with confirmed reservations to forego the trip to the Philippines, many felt helpless and quite mad about how we are being bullied by hitting us where it hurts…

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 855488 [Title] => Phl won't pay China yet for North Rail [Summary] =>

The government is not about to pay even a portion of the $500-million loan from China, which the Arroyo administration obtained for the aborted scandal-ridden North Rail project.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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